✨ From Transaction to Tuning In: A Shift in How We Support Each Other ✨

A continuation of the last post. If you haven’t read it yet, start here.

Let’s talk about support, and what it actually means — not just in words, but in energy.

There’s been a wave of people tagging others, name-dropping, and attaching themselves to creators, healers, and artists — often without ever engaging meaningfully with their work. No dialogue. No investment. No reciprocity. Just proximity.

And yeah — I spoke to that in the last post. I had to. It needed saying.

But this post isn’t about the boundary.

This one’s about the space beyond it.

The space where we ask:

How shall we then live?

*What do we owe to each other?

 

🌱 Resonance Is Not a Hashtag

You can’t truly receive what you’re not attuned to.

You can’t see someone’s medicine if you’re not vibrating in a way that lets you recognize it.

And that’s not a judgment — it’s just energetic law.

So if something I say or create stirs something in you —

If it makes you feel more open, more grounded, more you —

That means we’re sharing a frequency. And that’s beautiful.

 

But resonance invites relationship.

Not just reposts.

Not just aesthetic alignment.

Not just energy by association.

 

🗣️ This Is a Conversation, Not a Commandment

Let’s be clear: this isn’t a sermon.

This isn’t me pretending I have the one right answer.

This is a dialogue — between me, you, and every creator who’s ever felt unseen, under-credited, or quietly siphoned from.

And it’s also for the folks who want to be in integrity but aren’t sure how.

Who care, but didn’t know what was missing.

Who are learning, like all of us.

This is about asking better questions — together.

It’s not about perfection. It’s about participation.

It’s not about performance. It’s about presence.

It’s not about rules. It’s about relationship. 

 

💡 What Great Support Can Look Like:

Not everyone can buy something. That’s okay.

But everyone can engage meaningfully. With care. With intention.

Here are some sustainable ways to show up:

• Share someone’s work with credit and context — say why it moved you
• Leave thoughtful comments or DMs (not just emoji drive-bys)
• Mention their name in rooms they aren’t in — especially if it could benefit them
• Invest financially when/if you’re able — energy exchange matters
• Ask before using someone’s name, image, or words alongside your own

This is how we shift from extractive dynamics to relationships rooted in trust.

🖤 Invisible Labor Is Real Labor

Let’s name it:

Emotional labor.

Spiritual output.

Energetic presence.

The content, the words, the downloads, the devotion.

The daily choice to keep showing up — even when we’re exhausted, grieving, questioning, or healing.

It’s all labor. Even when it’s freely given.

This is why reciprocity isn’t optional — it’s essential.

Not because creators are fragile. But because we are human.

Because community should feel nourishing, not draining.

And because we cannot build new worlds by normalizing quiet extraction.

🌗 This Isn’t About Shame

This is not a guilt trip.

This is not about punishing people for not knowing.

 

*This is about noticing.

Becoming more aware.

Becoming more attuned.

Because when we stop expecting others to feed us endlessly for free, we start growing something else entirely: mutuality. Respect. Actual community.

And that’s the point.

 

🔮 The Why That Matters

We’re not talking about clout here.

We’re talking about care.

We’re talking about the people you turn to for language when you can’t find your own.

The ones who remind you who you are when the world tries to flatten you.

The ones who create space, beauty, and possibility — just by existing in their truth.

We support each other because we are the infrastructure.

We are the ones keeping the web together.

And no one should be asked to hold the weight of that alone.

✨ Closing Invocation

May I support what supports me.

May I pour into what nourishes me.

May I never take for granted the ones who light the way.

💬 Let’s Keep This a Conversation

This is not a closed container. This is a circle.

So I’ll leave you with a few questions to sit with — or answer, if you feel moved:

• Where in your life could you offer more intentional support?
• Where are you showing up out of obligation vs alignment?
• Who has impacted you deeply that you’ve never told?
• And where do you need more support — truly, not just passively?

 

Let’s stop pretending this is simple.

It’s layered. It’s messy. It’s worth talking about.

So talk to me.

Comments are open. DMs are open. The conversation is open.

And it’s open to those who are showing up with heart.

 

🔁 P.S. This Is Part Two

This post is part of a bigger conversation about energy, boundaries, and showing up with intention. If you missed the first post — the one where I named what happens when people try to use your energy without ever investing in it — you can read that at the link at the top of this post.

There’s more coming. We’re building something real.

If you’re part of that — stay close.

🖤

— @theauntyalchemist